Shameless and Red Riding star Maxine Peake is known for taking on tough roles, but her latest is 'real acting athletics'The last time Maxine Peake performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds was in 2002, playing Ophelia opposite Christopher Eccleston in Hamlet. "I went out quite a lot," she recalls during her lunch break in the Playhouse's airy rehearsal room. "There's a good club scene in Leeds. But I'm a bit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on February 12, 2011